Causes: Education, Educational Services

Mission: BIG FUN Education is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the mission to create and nurture education innovations that focus on student motivation, use new technologies, and achieve measurable results.

Results: In Spring 2013 a grant from the Frances R. Dewing Foundation funded a pilot of BIG FUN Education's Spanish play, Life is a Dream, in New Britain, CT. In one month 90% of the students learned 40 new words and 69% of the children reported sharing the online play with their families at home. In 2012 and 2013 grants from the Peoples United Community Foundation funded the BIG FUN Education Summer Learning League, making the games free for CT students in Grades 2-8, enrolling over 10,000 students. Since 2009 BIG FUN Education Learning Leagues have enrolled over 70,000 students

Target demographics: children in Grades K-12

Direct beneficiaries per year: school students in Grades K-12

Geographic areas served: mostly US, also internationally

Programs: an online motivational learning community which uses media to motivate, educate and entertain students while preparing them to meet the new Common Core ELA Standards. BIG FUN Education offers a series of online interactive BIG PLAYS which are digital illustrated scripts with sound tracks. BIG FUN Education also offers an online BIG SKILLS LEARNING LEAGUE which gamifies the acquisition of basic skills in math and reading.